Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cat food Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cat food in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cat food has an estimated audience of 6,021,992 people in Italy.

The average Cat food fan in Italy is 41.5 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Pet store, Dog food, Leggo, with strongest over-indexing on Pet store (3.76× the country average).

Demographically, the Cat food audience skews more female with an average age of 41.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Spirituality.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 20 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Cat food fan in Italy is more female, around 41.5 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for Pet store.

Category: Pets & Animals · Type: Topic

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Cat food profile in Italy.

Audience size
6M
in Italy
Gender
64.6%
35.4% male
Age
41.5
average years
Country rank
#1051
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Cat food fans

64.6% are female, 35.4% are male, average age 41.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

64.6%
Female
35.4%
Male
Demographic split for Cat food audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female64.6%
Male35.4%
Average age41.5
Estimated audience size6,021,992
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.5
average years
Age distribution of the Cat food audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1918%
20-2916%
30-3917%
40-4922%
50+27%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.6%

of the worldwide Cat food audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cat food
CountryShare
United States21.6%
Japan12.8%
Germany5.4%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Italy average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Cat food audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Cat food fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Emilia-Romagna~500K1.11×
02Umbria~100K1.06×
03Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~100K1.04×
04Aosta Valley~20K1.04×
05Basilicata~60K1.03×
06Friuli-Venezia Giulia~100K1.01×
07Calabria~200K0.99×
08Abruzzo~100K0.99×
09Molise~30K0.99×
10Tuscany~400K0.98×
11Liguria~200K0.98×
12Sardinia~200K0.98×
13Marche~100K0.97×
14Campania~600K0.96×
15Sicilia~500K0.96×
16Lombardy~1M0.94×
17Piedmont~400K0.94×
18Puglia~400K0.94×
19Veneto~400K0.93×
20Lazio~700K0.91×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Cat food audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cat food audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Maine CoonPets & Animals4.16×
02Pet storePets & Animals3.76×
03Litter boxPets & Animals3.65×
04Dog foodPets & Animals3.53×
05Persian catPets & Animals3.49×
06Siamese catPets & Animals3.34×
07Cat play and toysPets & Animals3.32×
08British ShorthairPets & Animals3.26×
09Pet sittingPets & Animals3.25×
10FelisPets & Animals3.18×
11Dog healthPets & Animals3.07×
12KittenPets & Animals2.75×
13Dog collarPets & Animals2.75×
14Pet foodPets & Animals2.53×
15LeggoNews2.12×
16CatsPets & Animals1.88×
17GodPolitics & Society1.60×
18Wellness (alternative medicine)Health1.60×
19Catholic ChurchPolitics & Society1.55×
20VeganismFood & Beverages1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cat food audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cat food audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY1.71×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.57×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.50×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cat food audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.91×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.92×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Cat food have in Italy?

Cat food has an estimated audience of 6,021,992 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Cat food fans?

64.6% of Cat food fans are female, 35.4% are male, with an average age of 41.5 years.

03

Which brands do Cat food fans like most?

Cat food fans show strongest brand affinity for Pet store (3.76×), Dog food (3.53×), and Leggo (2.12×) over the country average.

04

Where do Cat food fans live in Italy?

Cat food fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~1M), Lazio (reach ~700K), and Campania (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Cat food fans also like?

Beyond Cat food itself, the audience over-indexes on Dog food (3.53×), Leggo (2.12×), Pet food (2.53×), and Maine Coon (4.16×) compared to the Italy average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Italy who actively search for Cat food. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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